Rush wrapped their touring career in 2015 and the retirement of drummer Neil Peart followed by Peart s death in 2020 seemingly concluded that chapter of the band s career. But in a new interview with Make Weird Music (seen below), guitarist Alex Lifeson reveals that he may not be done making music with fellow Rush bandmate, singer-bassist Geddy Lee. After we finished the last tour in 2015, I started just writing on my own and doing some stuff, Lifeson explains. Geddy was working on his book. We talked about getting together and doing some stuff together, but it got very, very busy for him, even after he finished writing the book taking it on the road. So we never got a chance to sit down and start working or just having some fun together.
Lifeson said this past June that Peart s death six month prior had left him utterly unmotivated to pick up his guitar. He said at the time that he had been through similar dry spells following personal tragedies in the past, and he was optimistic that his muse would return.
In a recent conversation with musician
Andre Cholmondeley
Geddy Lee hope to make music together again, when the COVID-19 pandemic allows them to get together. After we finished the last [Rush] tour in 2015, I couldn t sit still so I just started writing on my own and doing some stuff. Geddy was working on his book. We talked about getting together and doing some stuff together, but it got very, very busy for him even after he finished writing the book, taking it on the road, Lifeson said. We never got a chance to sit down and start working or just having some fun together. We still talk about it, and I m sure we will. Of course now with the pandemic, it s kind of wrecked things for a bit. But we re both
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Make Weird Music will be hosting a new, live interview with Alex Lifeson on their YouTube channel tomorrow evening at 6PM EST. The interview will be hosted by Andre Cholmondeley (@guitartour) and topics of discussion will include the 25th anniversary of Lifeson s 1996 solo album
Victor, and the 40th anniversary of Rush s
Moving Pictures album. You can tune in to watch the interview live at this location.
Earlier this month, Rolling Stone magazine s Brian Hiatt interviewed Neil Peart s widow Carrie Nuttall, along with his bandmates and Rush manager Ray Danniels for a very revealing feature article discussing Peart s 3-year battle with cancer and his final years. As part of the feature, Geddy Lee was interviewed to talk about his special relationship with Peart, and Rolling Stone posted the interview online earlier today: